Western Asset Inflation-Linked Income Fund (WIA): fair value, margin of safety and Wheel Score

Is WIA undervalued?

WIA closed at 7.56 on 16 Oct 2026, 24% below the GLS average fair value of 10.01 from 8 models (4 of them above the price). That is a moderate margin of safety: the stock passes the "below fair value" rule of the Sunday Scan, and the Wheel Score gives it 23 of the 25 Value points.

There is a wide gap between GLS Growth (0.8538) and Graham Growth (32.85). When the models are this far apart the "fair value" is really a range, and the margin of safety above should be read with that range in mind.

The nightly engine files WIA under High Yield Income: a dividend yield above 4%.

Nine valuation models for WIA

Each model turns the latest filed numbers into a value per share; the GLS fair value is the simple average of the ones that produce a positive number. The last two rows are shown for reference and never enter the average. The Quote page lets you switch any model off and add your own margin of safety.

Quality and financial health

Western Asset Inflation-Linked Income Fund scores 5 of 9 on the Piotroski F-score: a middling result that falls one point short of the Sunday Scan's "6 or more" rule. Some of the nine tests on profitability, leverage and efficiency are failed, so the accounts are worth a look before selling a put on the name. A GLS Moat score of 4.3/10 is a weak reading: the ten-year history the score grades (revenue, EPS, book value, margins, cash flow, share count, ROIC) has not been steady, so the Moat part of the Wheel Score contributes little.

Returns on capital are moderate - ROIC 5.1%, ROE 7.2%, ROA 5.1% - with debt at 0.41 times equity and a free-cash-flow yield of 2.0%.

The dividend yield is high at 8.25% (payout ratio 109%) - a payout above 100% of earnings, which is not covered by profits. A yield this size is often the market's way of pricing a risk to the payout, so the health score and cash flow matter more than usual.

Institutional ownership scores 6/10, insider activity 5/10 and Congressional trading 5/10 on the GLS smart-money scales.

Wheel Score 39: No options

No options are listed on Western Asset Inflation-Linked Income Fund in our nightly snapshot. The Wheel Score is therefore capped at 39 (it reads 39) and the stock is left out of every options screen; the fair value and health figures above are still useful for a plain stock position.

Volume runs at 71k shares a day on a market cap of $176M, with a beta of 0.50 - a low beta, so day-to-day moves are smaller than the market's; the Stability part of the Wheel Score gives that 6 of 20.

The Wheel Score ranks ~7,400 US stocks for selling cash-secured puts and covered calls; it is updated nightly and is not a recommendation. The walkthrough lesson shows how the score fits into a trade, start to finish.

Upcoming events

No upcoming earnings date is recorded for WIA in the nightly calendar. The shares go ex-dividend on 23 Oct 2026 (0.0520 per share), so a covered call sold before then carries a small early-assignment risk around that date.

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